By Matthew Russell Lee Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 2 – The business day after the verdict against Donald Trump for $83.3 million in mostly punitive damages to E. Jean Carroll, Trump's lawyer wrote to the judge that "defense counsel learned for the first time of allegations that Your Honor, while a partner at the Paul Weiss firm, had a “mentor” type relationship with Plaintiff’s lead counsel, Roberta Kaplan."
Alina Habba concluded, "this Court should provide defense counsel with all of the relevant facts. At a minimum, this information could certainly prove relevant to President Trump’s forthcoming Rule 59 motion." Letter on Patreon here. That was rejected.
On February 23 Habba filed a request to "Stay Execution of the Judgment Pending Disposition of the Post-Trial Motions."Memo on Patreon here.
Then docketed on Sunday, February 25, SDNY Judge Kaplan "declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff an opportunity to be heard. Any response by Feb 29, '24. Any reply by March 2."
On February 29, Carroll opposed any stay: "MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Opposition re: [286] MOTION to Stay Execution of the Judgment Pending Disposition of the Post-Trial Motions. . Document filed by E. Jean Carroll" - on CourtListener here.
On March 2, Habba for Trump replied: "Plaintiff ignores the limited nature of the relief sought, disregards binding case law, and contradicts her own prior positions....Plaintiff’s reliance on President Trump’s criminal cases—all of which were pending when Plaintiff made her presentation to the jury—is unconvincing. First, the Court should follow the well-established presumption that President Trump is innocent until proven guilty... Second, none of those cases is likely to reach final disposition in the short period before this Court rules on President Trump’s post-trial motions, which is the only relief that President Trump seeks now. Third, Plaintiff argues that those cases might affect President Trump’s ability to earn money in the future, which has little bearing on the state of his current assets." Full letter on Patreon here. Inner City Press is on it - watch this site.
More, including predication, on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
On January 29 a very first book was published about the trial and what it might mean:
"Trump Trial II: Punitive Damages and Vow to Appeal: From the SDNY Trial to the 2024 Trail," by Matthew Russell Lee - Ebook here (with audiobook and paperback ).
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